Nevolje s kanonizacijom
Troubles with canonization

Summary/Abstract: The theme of this issue of Sarajevo Notebook is The National Literary Canon. Within the framework of this thematic block, literary theorists and critics from the former Yugoslavia try to analyse the concept of national literary canon and its implications in the post-Yugoslav reality of the Balkans. In doing so they focus their attention on the basic theoretical principles for determining the proper criteria for the identification of canonical writers and on the impact of dominant ideologies and political power centres on the formation of national canons in literature. Bosnian-Herzegovinian theorist Nirman Moranjak-Bamburać points to patriarchal patterns in the reproduction of literary canons. Her highly analytical essay encourages the development of an informed and truly competent literary criticism, which could result in the resolution of a vital paradox: the most valuable canon works should move beyond the limits of their own cultures; thus, the most valuable sprouts of national literature would also present the main tool for de-canonisation.

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